A lot of people are scared of going to the dentist but what if we didn’t have the dental technology that we have today?  Take a look at some of these early dental instruments, some of which were still in use within 100 years ago….

7000 BC Dental Bow Drill

Bow Drill (7000 BC)
The earliest known dental drills originated around 9,000 years ago in the Indus Valley area of present-day India and Pakistan. Dental bow drills were constructed much like bow drills used to create fire — with a stringed wooden bow tied to a rotating spindle — except that instead of using friction to make a fire, the spindle was used as a drill, with a flint head made to penetrate teeth. (The pictured example is an Eskimo drill from the early 20th century.)

 

 

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